Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland (Ethan’s Review)
Posted on | March 7, 2010 | 1 Comment
The movie begins when Alice is young and she’s with her Dad and has a bad dream about Wonderland. Thirteen years later her Dad is gone and she goes to a party where a boy asks her to marry him. The boys mom takes her for a walk and she sees a rabbit and then Alice runs off and falls down a rabbit hole. There she meets all the characters from before like the Red Queen, White Queen, Tweedledee, Tweedledum, the Mad Hatter, the March Hare, the Door Mouse, the Cheshire Cat and also meets new characters like the Bandersnatch, Jabberwocky and the Knave of Hearts.
My favorite character is the Mad Hatter because he is very funny and because he is as mad as a hatter.
My favorite part is the end battle when Alice fights the Jabberwocky and the Mad Hatter fights the Knave of Hearts, and all the Red Queens cards fight all the White Queen’s card.
I wanted to see it 3-D, but we didn’t because at the time we went at 1:30, it wasn’t playing in 3-D.
Rated PG for fantasy action/violence involving scary images and situations, and for a smoking caterpillar.
My rating is PG-13 for the same reasons.
Ethan’s Rating: 5 out of 5
Disney Website for Alice in Wonderland
Director: Tim Burton
Genres: Fantasy, Family, Action, Comedy
Cast
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Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland (Dylan’s Review)
Posted on | March 7, 2010 | Add Comments
This movie is about Alice who falls down a Rabbit Hole into Underland. Where she meets the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, a smoking Catepillar, a Red Queen, a White Queen, a fire breathing dragon and other strange creatures. She must battle through Underland in this action comedy fantasy, based on the original Lewis Carol books Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass.
My favorite character is the Mad Hatter, because he is funny.
My favorite part is when Alice fights the Jabberwocky because it’s action.
I rate this movie PG for fantasy violence, scary sequences, and oddness.
Rated PG for fantasy action/violence involving scary images and situations, and for a smoking caterpillar.
I did not see it in 3-D, although I wish I had.
Director:Tim Burton
Dylan’s Rating: 5 out of 5
Cast
Mia Wasikowska: Alice
Johnny Depp: Mad Hatter
Helena Bonham Carter: Red Queen
Anne Hathaway: White Queen
Crispin Glover: Stayne – Knave of Hearts
Matt Lucas: Tweedledee / Tweedledum
Stephen Fry: Cheshire Cat
Michael Sheen: White Rabbit
Alan Rickman: Blue Caterpillar
Barbara Windsor: Dormouse
Paul Whitehouse: March Hare (voice)
Timothy Spall: Bayard
Marton Csokas: Charles Kingsleigh
Tim Pigott-Smith: Lord Ascot
John Surman: Colleague #1
Peter Mattinson: Colleague #2
Lindsay Duncan: Helen Kingsleigh
Geraldine James: Lady Ascot
Leo Bill: Hamish
Frances de la Tour: Aunt Imogene
Jemma Powell: Margaret Kingsleigh
John Hopkins: Lowell
Eleanor Gecks: Faith Chattaway
Eleanor Tomlinson: Fiona Chattaway
Rebecca Crookshank: Strange Woman Kisser
Michael Gough: Dodo Bird (voice)
Imelda Staunton: Tall Flower Faces (voice)
Christopher Lee: Jabberwocky
Mairi Ella Challen: 6-Year-Old Alice
Holly Hawkins: Woman with Large Nose
Lucy Davenport: Woman with Big Ears
Joel Swetow: Man with Large Belly
Jessica Oyelowo: Woman with Large Poitrine
Ethan Cohn: Man with Large Chin
Richard Alonzo: Man with Big Forehead
The Secret of Kells (Dylan’s video Review)
Posted on | February 12, 2010 | 1 Comment
Oscar nominations: good ones and fantastic ones!!!
Posted on | February 3, 2010 | 1 Comment
This years’ Oscar nominations were surprising; The Secret of Kells, UP, Princess and the Frog, Coraline, and the one I hope wins, Fantastic Mr. Fox are the animation nominations.
Some other good nominations are Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince for best cinematography. Star Trek for makeup, sound editing, and visual effects. Meryl Streep was nominated for Julie and Julia for best actress in a leading role. George Clooney got a nomination for best actor in a leading role in Up in the Air. He was also Fantastic Mr. Fox in Fantastic Mr. Fox. Up in the Air was also nominated for best picture, best director, two actresses in a supporting role, and adapted screen play. UP also got nominations in addition to best animated film for best original screnplay, original score, sound editing and most surprising best picture! Avatar got nominations for best picture, director, art direction, cinematography, film editing, original score, sound editing, sound mixing, and visual effects. Sherlock Holmes got nominated for art direction and original score.
I wish I could see Julie & Julia, Up in the Air, Avatar, Star Trek, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, and most of all Sherlock Holmes. I think they are appropriate for me except my parents do not agree.
The Oscars: 10 Best Pictures
Posted on | January 31, 2010 | 1 Comment
In the Providence Journal I read an article about the Oscars. It said instead of five best picture nominations there will be ten this year. But they said only five will really matter. Read the article here.
The full list of nominees for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards will be announced on February 2nd.
Face Value:Where Actors And Effects Begin
Posted on | January 16, 2010 | 2 Comments
Listen to Bob Mondello (a film critic) and Michele Norris (interviewer on NPR) discuss who deserves the Oscar for best actor here. Is it the actor or the computer animators who digitialise the character? I think it’s hard to choose because they are all doing alot of work.
Up and Fox are tough to beat
Posted on | January 16, 2010 | 1 Comment
I just read an article in the New York Times called Look Out Pixar Here Comes Fantastic Mr. Fox. It’s about how usually Pixar wins an Oscar but this year maybe it won’t. It was a very good article!!! If you read the “i o” awards then you now which is our favorite .
Our picks of 2010 Children/Young Adult Films
Posted on | January 10, 2010 | Add Comments
Here are the best movies we know are coming out this year. One or two may not be appropriate but we think they are still good. Some are based on a book. So you can start reading now so you will be ready when the film comes out.
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Based on the book: The Lightning Thief by author Rick Riordan
Opens February 12, 2010
Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland
Based on the Lewis Carroll novels Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass
Opens March 5, 2010
Dreamworks’ Shrek Forever After
Opens May 21, 2010
PIXAR’s Toy Story 3
Opens June 18, 2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, Part 1
Baes on the J.K. Rowling’s novel Harry Potter and the Deadly Hollows
Opens November 19, 2010
Dylan & Ethan 2009 “i o” (Itkin Oscars) Movie Awards
Posted on | December 31, 2009 | 5 Comments
BEST PICTURE OF THE YEAR:
Fanatastic Mr. Fox. Directed by Wes Anderson
website: http://www.fantasticmrfoxmovie.com/
Runner Up:
• Up. Directed by Pete Docter and Bob Peterson
website: http://adisney.go.com/disneyvideos/animatedfilms/up/
BEST COMPUTER ANIMATION:
Up. Animation by PIXAR
Runner Up:
• Monsters vs Aliens. Animation by DreamWorks
website: http://www.apple.com/trailers/dreamworks/monstersvsaliens/
FUNNIEST FILM OF THE YEAR:
Battle of the Smithsonian. Directed by Shawn Levy
website: http://www.nightatthemuseumcomestolife.com/us/
Runners Up:
• Up. Directed by Pete Docter and Bob Peterson
• Fantastic Mr. Fox. Directed by Wes Anderson
MOST ACTION-PACKED FILM
Race to Witch Mountain. Directed by Andy Fickman
website: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1075417/
Runners Up:
• Monsters vs Aliens
• UP
• Battle of the Smithsonian
• Fantastic Mr. Fox
BEST MUSIC
UP. Soundtrack by composer Michael Giacchino
website: http://disneymusic.disney.go.com/albums/upsoundtrack.html
Runners Up:
• Fantastic Mr. Fox. Soundtrack includes music by various artists
website: http://www.amazon.com/Fantastic-Mr-Fox-Original-Soundtrack/dp/B002OULHPG
• Where the Wild Things Are. Music by Karen O And The Kids
wesbite: http://wherethewildthingsare.warnerbros.com/#/Soundtrack
BEST CHARACTER
Mr. Fox (from Fantastic Mr. Fox)
Runners Up:
• Larry Dailey (from Battle of the Smithsonian)
• Russell (from UP)
BEST SONG
Davy Crockett (from Fantastic Mr. Fox)
website: http://www.amazon.com/Fantastic-Mr-Fox-Original-Soundtrack/dp/B002OULHPG
BEST CLAYMATION MOVIE
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Runners Up:
• Coraline. Directed by Henry Selick
website: http://coraline.com/
BEST SOUND / SPECIAL EFFECTS
Monsters vs Aliens
Runners Up:
• UP
• Where the Wild Things Are
• Battle of the Smithsonian
BEST SCREENPLAY
Where the Wild Things Are
Runners Up:
• UP
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Where the Wild Things Are. Cinematographer: Lance Acord
wesbsite: http://wherethewildthingsare.warnerbros.com/
Fantastic Mr. Fox: (Dylan’s Review)
Posted on | November 30, 2009 | 1 Comment
This movie is about two foxes. The wife is about to be pregnant. When she gets her son, Ash he feels different than everyone else. When Mr. Fox steals food from the three nastiest farmers on earth it will take him, his family, Kylie (his sidekick), Badger, his nephew Kristofferson and the rest of the animal families to save themselves from Boggis, Bunce, and Bean.
My favorite character is fantastic Mr. Fox because he is funny and he comes up with good ideas to save his family. I like when he says, “Dig” to his family to get away from the farmers.
My favorite part of the movie is when they go the supermarket because it made me hungry. I liked how all the food looked.
I liked the music in the movie because it was like Peter and the Wolf. Each animal had a different instrument. For example you hear the banjo when Mr. Fox comes around.
Listen to the fantastic Fantastic Mr. Fox soundtrack.
Dylan’s Rating: 5 out of 5
I rate this movie PG for action violence, mild language, romance, and moments of conversations about exploding things. This movie is not really scary - it's more that there are alot of explosions and just some stuff kids would not understand. Some kids may find this movie boring or not very interesting or some of it too adult or violent for them. Not me, I loved it!
See my brother’s review here.
Theatrical Release Date: November 25, 2009
Director: Wes Anderson
Based on the novel by Roald Dahl
Genre: Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family
MPAA Rating: PG for action, smoking and slang humor.
website: http://www.fantasticmrfoxmovie.com/
Actors include:
George Clooney: Mr. Fox (voice)
Meryl Streep: Mrs. Fox (voice)
Jason Schwartzman: Ash (voice)
Bill Murray: Badger (voice)
Wallace Wolodarsky: Kylie (voice)
Eric Chase Anderson: Kristofferson (voice) (Wes Anderson’s brother)
Michael Gambon: Franklin Bean (voice)
Willem Dafoe: Rat (voice)
Owen Wilson: Coach Skip (voice)
Jarvis Cocker: Petey (voice)
Wes Anderson : Weasel (voice)
Robin Hurlstone: Walter Boggis (voice)
Hugo Guinness: Nathan Bunce (voice)
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